linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V8] kbuild: create a rule to run the pre-processor on *.dts files

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Message-ID: <51156D09.7060401@gmail.com>
Date:	Fri, 08 Feb 2013 15:24:25 -0600
From:	Rob Herring <robherring2@...il.com>
To:	Grant Likely <grant.likely@...retlab.ca>
CC:	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org>,
	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>,
	Grant Likely <glikely@...retlab.ca>,
	Srinivas KANDAGATLA <srinivas.kandagatla@...com>,
	Mark Brown <broonie@...nsource.wolfsonmicro.com>,
	Scott Wood <scottwood@...escale.com>,
	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org,
	Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V8] kbuild: create a rule to run the pre-processor on
 *.dts files

On 02/08/2013 08:45 AM, Grant Likely wrote:
> On Tue,  5 Feb 2013 12:06:28 -0700, Stephen Warren <swarren@...dotorg.org> wrote:
>> From: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
>>
>> Create cmd_dtc_cpp to run the C pre-processor on *.dts file before
>> passing them to dtc for final compilation. This allows the use of #define
>> and #include within the .dts file.
>>
>> Acked-by: Simon Glass <sjg@...omium.org>
>> Acked-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@...osoft.com>
>> Acked-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
>> Acked-by: Srinivas Kandagatla <srinivas.kandagatla@...com>
>> Signed-off-by: Stephen Warren <swarren@...dia.com>
> 
> I've applied this and was going to push it out, but I've just thought of
> a problem that could be a show stopper. Once a dtsp file includes a C
> header, the contents of that header become part of the Device Tree ABI.
> If someone changes that file (ie. to renumber a series of #defines) then
> that will break the binding. We need a way to protect against that.
> Someone changing a .h file may make the assumption that it is only
> kernel internal and won't realize that it has external implications.
> 
> I'm thinking that any dts includes need to be treated in the same way as
> userspace headers. We could put them into include/uapi and piggy back on
> the protection already afforded by that directory, or come up with
> something new. Any thoughts?

Also, we would never be able to separate the dts files from the kernel
tree without some separation.

Rob

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